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Old 12-16-07, 10:28 AM
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ken cummings
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Well fitted tires can often go to twice the design pressure before blowing off of the rims. I saw something like that on the TV show "MythBusters". I worked with a woman who had blown her little daughters' tire off of its' rim when she hooked it up to a compressor at a gas station. For me much over 10 PSI above the stated design pressure results in a hard, uncomfortable ride.
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